The US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost American taxpayers more than one trillion dollars as of June according to the National Priorities Project. The group went on to say that these wars are the most expensive American military operations since the end of World War Two.
The National Priorities Project highlighted the size of war spending by saying that the money could have been used to give grants to all 19 million American college students for the next nine years.
The Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace has stated that since 2007 the world has become a more violent place. It uses statistics regarding murders, the number of prisoners, and military spending in order to rank a country based on how peaceful it is. According to their study, China and Cuba are more peaceful than the United States.
According to the IEP documents, world peace would save the global economy about seven trillion dollars each year. Imagine the number of people across the world that could be given an education with that money.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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wow, that is a powerful way to look at the consequences of our choices & the world we live in. if we could all get along, it would be in our own best interests.
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